Age 13 – 14

Key Principles

Fun and safe

Play with mates

Focus on developing skills and tactics

Modified rules, playing area and equipment

Age 15 – 18

By ages 15-18 the full Laws of Australian Football are applied and boys will play the same brand of football they see being played at the elite level. It is at this stage that talented youth players may be identified to participate in the NAB AFL Rising Stars Program, the pathway for elite teenage footballers with aspirations of joining the AFL.

Key Principles

Fun and fast

Play with mates

Continue developing skills and tactics

To find out how to play AFL Youth in your state, contact your state representative: